Zhuangzi · 逍遙遊第一
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以五百歲為春
Take five hundred years as a spring.
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52 Han characters · 35 distinct forms · 9 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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楚之南有冥靈者，
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五百歲.
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韓非子 · 外儲說右上第三十四不亦悲乎：『其田成氏乎！』」公泫然出涕曰：「不亦悲乎！寡人有國，而田成氏有之。今為之柰何？」
莊子 · 齊物論第二不亦悲乎物相刃相靡，其行盡如馳，而莫之能止，不亦悲乎！終身役役而不見其成功，苶然疲役而不知其所歸，可不哀邪！
莊子 · 天地第十二不亦悲乎今也以天下惑，予雖有祈嚮，不可得也。不亦悲乎！
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論語 · Identify means, basis, and purpose使民以時論語 · Identify means, basis, and purpose為政以德論語 · Identify means, basis, and purpose一言以蔽之論語 · Identify means, basis, and purpose道之以政，齊之以刑Edition, source, and reuse
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- 莊子 · Zhuangzi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Zhuang Zhou; the received collection includes multiple voices and layers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR5c0126 · base edition CHANT
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR5c0126_001.txt, lines 101–109. ZHUANG 1.1.7; Guo Qingfan 9; Wang Shumin 12; Fang Yong 5; Chen Guying10
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